Sometimes the photo should be out of focus, grainy, black and white. Sometimes that's how life is. Metal Mother @ Harvard and Stone.

Sometimes pictures are nice when there's nobody in them.

Got to surf in the morning, always makes for a good day. Clearest day I've ever seen in LA. No smog, no fog. I've never imagined I'd see the channel islands from the observatory. Perfect noir shot at sundown on the walk down the hill. Good day LA.

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Atmospherics. Storm clouds are rolling in; winter is coming. Grab a good book and build a fire, the nights will get long.

 

Fish-i-kea + three pictures. Messing around with a different look. The first two are my new place in Silverlake.

I went with a few of my old roommates and shot some video at Occupy LA yesterday night. I've been cutting it ever since and now it's ready to go out to the world.

Glad the protests got me to post up here if nothing else.

Please pass around if you feel like it.

Here's a sweet little video I made of some dudes I know shredding around Ukiah skatepark. It's a way different experience both shooting video and editing it, so I shot a few stills as well.

I've been back up to Hearst for the last few days. I used to drive these dirt roads every day. It's nice to get out into the country again.

I took some photos today of fellow Echo Park based blogger Delmie Mongee. Her more fashion focused blog is online at tellmedelmie.blogspot.com check it out and show her some love. There's a lot more pictures from this shoot over there.

Sunset, which has turned into Cesar Chaves at this point, crosses the LA river. Back to wide angles, color and polarization. This is the urban landscape.

Went up the coast to Santa Barbara last weekend, taking photos the whole way up. I'm having some fun with this digital black and white stuff.

Riding in the car with Lox

Sunset/Solstice

Santa Monica is always photogenic, and if the light sucks, make it black and white. These things will never change.

More street art from my neighborhood. Been a while since I've broken out the lens for stills. I've been experimenting with the Technicolor Cine-Profile that's been released for the canon HDSLR line. It's a great tool for video, but it's an interesting tool for stills because it forces you to think about what you can make with the photo in post rather then just being happy with whats on the back of the camera.

Pets, low light, and Zeiss glass. This is pretty much all I have the energy to photograph when I get home from work.

I know it's not my usual style, but I'm trying some new things. It's an old hassy lens (150 cf t*) so it's maxed out at f/4. It's a more pictorial style then I like but I think it still captures the moment and the soul of that punk-ass Charlie.

But see? It can take sharp pictures. I wish the focus was a little less stiff (and the adapter wasn't as wobbly) so I could use it for video work easily. This is Buster climbing all over Dakin.

And this is Locksly. He's a dog. Went back to the ZE 50/1.4 for this one. ISO 3200, 1/50th of a second. It was so dark, I can't believe I got one that was both well composed and sharp.

I got to collaborate with a long time friend and shoot a piece of photojournalism that I'm actually proud of. The piece was for the online edition of the Sierra Club magazine Sierra and it has been linked to and featured on several other sites, such as Good Magazine and the home page of the Sierra Club.

The original article can be found here: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201107/pesticides-farmworkers.aspx
The "hidden" web gallery I made for the photo editors is here: www.rowanbyersphotography.com/watsonville

It feels good to see your name in a byline.

Did a little bit of street photography while shopping in Santa Monica. Manual focus lens with a .9 ND in front of it so I could shoot wide open. Nailing the focus is a bitch but I love the shallow depth of field it gives you. It's not a look that you generally associate with daylight outdoor photos.